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  • NTT Com Leads all Network Providers in Deployment of SDN/OpenFlow; NFV Coming Soon

    NTT Com Leads all Network Providers in Deployment of SDN/OpenFlow; NFV Coming Soon

    Introduction: While AT&T has gotten a lot of press for its announced plans to use Software Defined Networking (SDN) to revamp its core network, another large global carrier has been quietly deploying SDN/OpenFlow for almost two years and soon plans to launch Network Function Virtualization (NFV) into its WAN. NTT Communications (NTT-Com) is using an…

  • Viodi View – 03/12/14

    Viodi View – 03/12/14

    AT&T to Test All-IP Phone Network in 2 U.S. Cities by Alan Weissberger AT&T will begin pilot testing all-digital IP phone networks in West Delray Beach, Florida, and Carbon Hill, Alabama, as part of the U.S. carrier’s push to move away from legacy switched telephone networks (PSTN and POTS) in favor of all-IP delivery of voice,…

  • Infosys Co-founder Dinesh Shares His Story at TiE-SV

    Infosys Co-founder Dinesh Shares His Story at TiE-SV

    Introduction: On March 3, 2014, K Dinesh, co-founder of Infosys Limited, mesmerized a TiE Silicon Valley (SV) audience with keen insight and perspectives on Infosys along with general principles of success for companies and individuals. He also shared his personal journey from his early life in India to a billionaire retired businessman. For several decades,…

  • AT&T to Test All-IP Phone Network in 2 U.S. Cities

    AT&T to Test All-IP Phone Network in 2 U.S. Cities

    AT&T will begin pilot testing all-digital IP phone networks in West Delray Beach, Florida, and Carbon Hill, Alabama, as part of the U.S. carrier’s push to move away from legacy switched telephone networks (PSTN and POTS) in favor of all-IP delivery of voice, data and video. AT&T’s announcement: Testing the Next Generation of IP Networks, states that…

  • Virtually Networked: The State of SDN

    Virtually Networked: The State of SDN

    We have all heard about hectic activity with several initiatives on network virtualization. The potpourri of terms in this space (SDN/OpenFlow/OpenDaylight etc.) are enough to make one’s head spin. This article will try to lay out the landscape as of the time of writing and explain how some of these technologies are relevant to independent…

  • Viodi View – 02/25/14

    Viodi View – 02/25/14

    That a 55 person company with probably no physical infrastructure can have the approximate market capitalization of one of the Baby Bells (an outdated term, no doubt) is another indicator of our new hyper-productive era where a small team can do what would have taken thousands in years past. The FCC’s IP Transition Order: What Do the…